NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP) – India’s government was accused Wednesday of reversing its stance on the Koh-i-Noor diamond, after vowing to reclaim the priceless gem just days after the solicitor general said it was gifted to Britain. The 108-carat Koh-i-Noor gem, which came into British hands during the colonial era, is the subject of a historic […]
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India accused of flipflop on Koh-i-Noor diamond
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Trump wins New York, Clinton-Sanders too close to call: US networks
NEW YORK, (APP/AFP): Donald Trump won a crushing victory in the Republican primary in his home state of New York on Tuesday, bolstering his bid to clinch the party’s presidential nomination, US networks projected. Television channels including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC projected the Manhattan billionaire the victor in the primary seconds after the polls […]
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Pakistani diplomat urges enhanced US-Pakistan student exchange
CHICAGO, (APP): Pakistan’s Consul General Faisal Niaz Tirmizi has emphasized the need for greater cooperation between educational institutions of Pakistan and the United States at a dinner he hosted for a group of faculty and students from the Department of Politics, Middle East and South Asian Studies at the University of Chicago. Speaking on the […]
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South Sudan peace deal ‘at risk’ after Machar no show: monitors
JUBA, (APP/AFP) – South Sudan’s best hope to end over two years of war risks collapse after rebel chief Riek Machar failed to return, peace deal monitors warned, as rebels Wednesday insisted he would still come. “The agreement is at risk,” said Festus Mogae, head of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), warning in […]
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Iraq’s Mosul will eventually be retaken from IS: Obama
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP): US President Barack Obama said he expects Iraq’s second city Mosul to be retaken from the Islamic State group “eventually”. Obama’s comments in an interview with CBS News on Monday came on the same day that Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Washington would send Apache attack helicopters and more troops to Iraq. “As […]
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Taliban suicide bombing, gunfire rattle central Kabul
KABUL, (APP/AFP) – A powerful Taliban car bomb followed by a fierce firefight left many people dead or wounded in Kabul Tuesday, the Afghan president said, a week after the insurgents launched their annual spring offensive. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack near government offices, which sent clouds of acrid smoke billowing in the […]